The WUM (Wake Up Mechanism) This is a thing that is supposed to help you wake up. When you have to wake up early in the morning, place your alarm clock in the corner of the room and open the blinds. Next, place a miniature fan blowing on high next to it. Finally tape this on top of the alarm clock. When you wake up in the morning, the alarm will wake you up, making you go towards the corner of the room to turn it off. The fan will blow the yarn in your face, tickling you. The natural outside light will reflect from the aluminum foil onto you. Also, a sticky note says "Wake up!" on it to help remind you to leave your room. Questions from http://www.mrsebek.com/ 1. What feedback did you get, and how might you further refine your idea?My mom likes the product, but doesn't want the sound of the fan during the night. One solution to that would be to use a special timer (shown below) that turns things on at the selected time. She also doesn't like the idea of string blowing in her face. However, she says she would be okay if the WUM was far away from the fan and the strings were colored to brighten up the morning.
2. What surprised you about this process?It surprised me that it took a lot of work just to prototype and design "The WUM." 3. What other things might you wish to redesign in a process like this?I would like to redesign people's non-awareness of how to cook their own food. It saddens me how everybody buys frozen food. Few people enjoy the pleasure of Real food.
Infographic Project
Far, Closer, Close, and Closest pictures I know this is a bit ordinary, but I see this type of stuff every day! It was supposed to be in my everyday life so I didn't want to get any amazing nature photos.
First Prototype
The WUM (Wake Up Mechanism)
This is a thing that is supposed to help you wake up. When you have to wake up early in the morning, place your alarm clock in the corner of the room and open the blinds. Next, place a miniature fan blowing on high next to it. Finally tape this on top of the alarm clock. When you wake up in the morning, the alarm will wake you up, making you go towards the corner of the room to turn it off. The fan will blow the yarn in your face, tickling you. The natural outside light will reflect from the aluminum foil onto you. Also, a sticky note says "Wake up!" on it to help remind you to leave your room.
Questions from http://www.mrsebek.com/
1. What feedback did you get, and how might you further refine your idea?My mom likes the product, but doesn't want the sound of the fan during the night. One solution to that would be to use a special timer (shown below) that turns things on at the selected time. She also doesn't like the idea of string blowing in her face. However, she says she would be okay if the WUM was far away from the fan and the strings were colored to brighten up the morning.
3. What other things might you wish to redesign in a process like this?I would like to redesign people's non-awareness of how to cook their own food. It saddens me how everybody buys frozen food. Few people enjoy the pleasure of Real food.
Infographic Project
Far, Closer, Close, and Closest pictures
I know this is a bit ordinary, but I see this type of stuff every day! It was supposed to be in my everyday life so I didn't want to get any amazing nature photos.